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10:30 AM ET, December 8, 2014

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Chris Hughes / Washington Post:
Amid editorial departures, Chris Hughes plans to continue investing in The New Republic as a sustainable business not reliant on “an unpredictable few”  —  Crafting a sustainable New Republic  —  The writer is owner and publisher of the New Republic.
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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
The New Republic Will Not Publish Next Issue Thanks to Staff Exodus  —  About a Dozen Editorial Staffers Have Quit Since Thursday  —  Hispanic Fact Pack 2014  —  The New Republic magazine will not publish its next issue, which had been scheduled to appear Dec. 15, after about a dozen full …
Ken Doctor / Capital New York:
T.N.R.'s peril: losing the intangible of stature before it can find its future
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Daily Beast's mobile site gives viewers individual analytics in hopes of engaging users  —  The newsonomics of the newly quantified, gamified news reader  —  What's in your news diet?  Sure, we can name the sites, papers, and stations that pepper us with news through the day and week.
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Andy Carvin launches social-media reporting team for First Look  —  There's been a lot of news out of First Look Media recently, although not the kind that the site was hoping to deliver: instead of scoops, it's been a stream of reports about mismanagement and departures of key writers and editors like Matt Taibbi and John Cook.
Discussion: Medium, @jeremyscahill and @digiphile
Tommy Wilkes / Reuters:
Huffington Post launches in India, sets sights on China  —  News website Huffington Post launched its India edition on Monday in a tie-up with media conglomerate Times of India Group, as the AOL-owned site expands into markets where internet use is growing rapidly.
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Quartz hires Xana Antunes, former editor of New York Post  —  With an eye on growth in 2015, Quartz has hired a veteran business journalist, Xana Antunes, as editor of new initatives, a role in which she will lead recruitment efforts and focus on expanding the website's video offerings.
Discussion: Poynter and @joepompeo
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Met Police issues harassment warning after MoS reporter sends three emails to subject of story  — Sunday Times and Independent journalists also reported this weekend to have been warned off separate UKIP story  —  A former UKIP press officer was served with a “Prevention of Harassment” …
Discussion: @dbanksy
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Google Fiber's broadband dreams aren't making cable TV any better  —  Fiber TV doesn't yet live up to those amazing internet speeds  —  Would you uproot your life for an internet connection?  Google says people are doing exactly that; they're picking up and moving to Kansas City or Provo …
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Source: Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian officially charged in Tehran courtroom  —  Washington Post reporter charged by Tehran court  —  Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter detained in Iran for more than four months, was officially charged Saturday in a day-long proceeding …
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea denies hacking Sony but calls the breach a ‘righteous deed’  —  TOKYO — North Korea has denied hacking Sony Pictures' computer systems in retaliation for its movie “The Interview,” which revolves around a plot to assassinate North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How Rolling Stone failed in its story of alleged rape at the University of Virginia  —  Journalists are paid to be skeptical and to distinguish facts from assertions: Don't get too close to your sources and check what they tell you.  —  Rolling Stone magazine, it appears …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Rolling Stone's disastrous U-Va. story: A case of real media bias
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Monocle creators launch The Forecast, an annual publication to fill gap between Monocle issues  —  From Tyler Brûlé, a new newsstand entry  —  From the creators of Monocle, the British-based global magazine known for its high-flying taste, earnest editorial tone and direct relationship …
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Q&A with Steven Greenhouse, one of the last labor reporters, who is taking a NYT buyout  —  A Q&A With Steven Greenhouse, One of America's Last Labor Reporters  —  The New York Times' Steven Greenhouse has spent nearly two decades as a reporter covering labor in America.
 
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Ireland to introduce cross-media ownership rules
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